Ladies Open Day at Ranfurly Castle
Ranfurly Castle Golf Club --- Ladies Open Greensomes Stableford Competition on Thursday 9th August. £18 per couple. Please enter with a partner. Maximum Handicap 30.
Entry form can be downloaded from
http://www.rlcga.com/pdf_2012/ ranfurlycastleopenday.pdf
Local sailors Ian McLauglan and Lewis Marr
Home and away victories for Local Sailors Iain McLaughlan and Lewis Marr.
The sun shone – a sweltering 25c, the wind blew and the weekend of the 26/27th May at Largs Sailing Club became the best weekend of sailing so far this season but it was also very challenging for the young sailors from all over Scotland. From areas of calm to a constant 33 knots of breeze, Saturday produced some exhilarating sailing; some mixed results and by the end of 3 races lots of completely exhausted young sailors at the Scottish Youth Series event.
Old Ranfurly Castle Golf Club
The Duncan Trophy is awarded by Renfrewshire Golf Union to the County Youth Match Play Champion. It is contested by the leading sixteen youths from the Stroke Play Championship (the Menzies Trophy).
Renfrew Golf Club provide the venue for all the rounds and the four who fought their way to the semi fi nals were Gavin Stirling (Caldwell) who had disposed of the leading qualifi er, Whinhill’s Jamie Alexander, in the previous round, Alex Ferguson (Paisley), Craig Pirie (Renfrew) and Stewart Watt (Old Course Ranfurly) who had beaten last year’s champion, Anton O’Donnell (Whinhill)
The semi-fi nals turned out to be one-sided affairs. Last year’s runner up, Alex Ferguson cruised to a 4 and 3 victory over Gavin Stirling and Stewart Watt produced a birdie barrage to take care of a spirited challenge from Craig Pirie winning 5and 4 despite Craig’s home advantage. He scored well but could not cope with the powerful and accurate ball-striking of Watt.
Sunshine again greeted the sailors on Sunday morning, however the wind was again variable with both an Easterly and a North Westerly breeze battling for supremacy. After a long wait the North West breeze grew enough to allow the racing to commence and another 2 races were raced in light winds and glorious sunshine.
In the fi nal, the competitors had to deal with persistent rain but, despite this, Stewart played some great golf and was four up at the turn. Alex matched him on the back nine but he had left himself too much to do and eventually had to settle for his third runner up spot with the new champion winning 5 and 4 after a very impressive display of golf.
Photo of Stewart holding his trophy, alongside RGU President Ian McCosh and the other fi nalist Alex Ferguson.
British Gas Great Scottish Swim
Join the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Swimming Team and make a splash at the British Gas Great Scottish Swim on Saturday 25th August.
Iain McLauglan from Houston competing in the Laser Radial class and Lewis Marr from Kilmacolm competing in the Topper class both achieved overall wins in their respective classes at their home club Largs Sailing Club.
The following weekend both boys took part in the Scottish Schools championship, the Brown Cup at Loch Earn Sailing Club. Expectation was high for the two local sailors. The event was held in light wind conditions with a fi eld of over 80 youngsters representing their schools from across Scotland in a variety of classes of dinghy. Lewis and Iain again showed that they are amongst the nation’s brightest prospects by overcoming both the conditions and the opposition to each claim victory in their class.
Lewis and Iain who joined Largs Sailing club within a few weeks of each other in 2008 are now competing at a high level both in Scotland and in the uk.
• A superb outdoor swim taking place at Strathclyde Country Park, near Glasgow
• Choose from 3 distances - 1 mile, ½ mile or 2 miles
• Perfect challenge for all swimming abilities, from fi rst timers to Olympic champions
• Experience the thrill of open water swimming, safe in the knowledge expert kayakers and safety boats are with you every stroke of the way
• Entry prices ½ mile £20, 1 mile £27 and 2 mile £32 (includes event pack, medal and T-shirt) •Wetsuit only event
Visit the website at
www.greatswim.org/Events/British-Gas-Great- Scottish-Swim/
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